Fawzi Hanano, Finance Expert in London, United Kingdom
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Fawzi Hanano

Verified Expert  in Finance

Finance Expert

Location
London, United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since
July 24, 2020

Fawzi is a senior finance professional with 20+ years of experience at top investment banks (Goldman Sachs, UBS, HSBC, Berenberg, Macquarie) and the mining industry (Rio Tinto, SolGold). Fawzi has been a highly-ranked equity analyst and authored reports that became a primary reference by investors and corporate clients. He enjoys consulting and advising clients in financial modeling and forecasting, valuation, strategy, M&A, equity/credit/commodity research, and investor relations.

Case Studies

Work Experience

Director - Equity Research and Strategy

2018 - 2020
HSBC
  • Performed fundamental equity, credit, and commodity analysis and had equity coverage of the UK listed large cap miners.
  • Led HSBC's global metals and mining team strategy and raised the team’s profile internally with sales/trading and externally with buy-side institutional clients and corporates.
  • Managed HSBC's quarterly commodity views and had commodity coverage of base metals and bulk materials and maintained valuation models for global mining projects.
  • Assessed competitive positioning of companies on key metrics including growth, cash flow generation, financial leverage, operating costs, and yields.
  • Conducted market research and built supply and demand models, and price forecasts.
  • Built and maintained detailed company valuation models.
  • Collaborated research with industrials and energy teams.
Focus areas: Metals & Mining, Banking & Finance, Global Economics, Equity Valuation, Asset Valuation, Three-statement Modeling, Microsoft Excel, Equity Research, Market Research, Valuation, Financial Modeling, Capital Markets, Macro Driver Analysis, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Cash Flow Analysis, Investment Research, Strategy, Commodities, Equities, Investor Relations, Capital Raising, Financial Analysis, Excel 365, DCF Valuation, Investments, Investment Analysis, Investment Return Scenario Analysis

Sector Head - Mining Equity Research

2015 - 2018
Berenberg
  • Launched Berenberg's first equity coverage of the metals and mining sector with equity coverage of global large and mid-cap metals and mining companies.
  • Responsible for the firm's commodity supply and demand and price forecasts and maintained valuation models for global projects.
  • Collaborated with the banking team on deals in the mining and related sectors.
  • Developed corporate and investor relationships through corporate access activities and road shows.
Focus areas: Metals & Mining, Banking & Finance, Global Economics, Equity Valuation, Asset Valuation, Three-statement Modeling, Microsoft Excel, Equity Research, Market Research, Valuation, Financial Modeling, Cash Flow Analysis, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Company Research, Commodity Markets, Financial Analysis, Excel 365, DCF Valuation, Investments, Investment Analysis, Investment Return Scenario Analysis

Executive Director

2011 - 2015
Goldman Sachs
  • Authored proprietary research on global copper and iron ore projects that became a primary reference by investors and industry players.
  • Instituted strong alpha generation and was first to market on negative iron ore commodity/equities call.
  • Performed fundamental equity and credit analysis and had equity coverage of 15 base metals and bulks focused global metals and mining companies.
Focus areas: Metals & Mining, Banking & Finance, Global Economics, Equity Valuation, Asset Valuation, Three-statement Modeling, Microsoft Excel, Equity Research, Market Research, Valuation, Financial Modeling, Macro Driver Analysis, Cash Flow Analysis, DCF Modeling, Commodities, Equities, Investment Research, Financial Analysis, Excel 365, DCF Valuation, Investments, Investment Analysis, Investment Return Scenario Analysis

Director - European Equity Research

2009 - 2011
UBS
  • Covered mid-cap European mining equities with seven companies under coverage.
  • Contributed to the IPO of an early stage iron ore company.
  • Built and maintained detailed company valuation models.
Focus areas: Metals & Mining, Banking & Finance, Global Economics, Equity Valuation, Asset Valuation, Three-statement Modeling, Microsoft Excel, Equity Research, Market Research, Valuation, Financial Modeling, DCF Valuation, Initial Public Offerings, Commodities, Mining, Financial Analysis, Excel 365, Investments, Investment Analysis

Senior Research Associate

2008 - 2009
Macquarie
  • Built and maintained financial models for mining companies under coverage.
  • Produced company-specific and thematic sector research.
  • Drafted investor road show marketing presentations.
Focus areas: Metals & Mining, Banking & Finance, Global Economics, Equity Valuation, Asset Valuation, Three-statement Modeling, Microsoft Excel, Equity Research, Market Research, Valuation, Financial Modeling, DCF Modeling, Commodities, Financial Analysis, Excel 365, DCF Valuation, Investment Analysis

Senior Analyst - Strategy/Business Development

2002 - 2008
Rio Tinto
  • Conducted valuations and sensitivity analyses for prospective M&A deals and engaged in all aspects of the potential divestment of an operating division.
  • Generated required supporting data, projections, and valuations for proposed projects and contributed to the evaluation of Rio's first China-based capital investment project.
  • Developed and maintained customer and competitor intelligence databases.
  • Performed special analyses to support in developing short and long-term strategies.
Focus areas: Metals & Mining, Global Economics, Asset Valuation, Three-statement Modeling, Microsoft Excel, Market Research, Valuation, Financial Modeling, DCF Valuation, M&A Modeling, Forecasting, Market Research & Analysis, Business Development, Strategy, Financial Analysis, Excel 365, Investment Analysis, Investment Return Scenario Analysis
1996 - 2000

Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Finance

McGill University - Montreal, Canada

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